TORONTO — Canadian baseball star Joey Votto is retiring. The 40-year-old first baseman announced in an Instagram post Wednesday evening that he’s hanging up his cleats. “That’s it. I’m done,” Votto said in a video.
The 40-year-old first baseman announced in an Instagram post Wednesday evening that he’s hanging up his cleats.Votto played 17 MLB seasons, earning six all-star selections, one Gold Glove and a 2010 National League MVP award.
Votto homered off Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler in his only spring training at-bat on March 17 for the Blue Jays before he stepped on a bat in the dugout later in that game and was sidelined for the next three months. “Toronto + Canada, I wanted to play in front of you. Sigh, I tried with all my heart to play for my people. I’m just not good anymore,” Votto wrote in his post, thanking his parents, brother and former teammates and coaches.Toronto hosted Cincinnati in the finale of a three-game series Wednesday night.
Drafted out of high school by the Reds in the second round of the 2002 MLB draft, Votto hit .294 with 356 home runs and 1,444 RBI in 2,056 games. He finishes with a career on-base plus slugging percentage of .920.
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